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CVE-2007-5229

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5229 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2 plugin for WordPress. This flaw allows remote attackers to alter blog settings and hijack feeds by submitting crafted requests to wp-admin/options-general.php, specifically manipulating feedburner_url and feedburner_comments_url parameters. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure and integrity compromise. While not listed in CISA KEV, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-30637) confirms the existence of exploit code, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:feedburner:feedsmith:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-30637 · Oct 4, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0490 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blogsecurity.net / wordpress/feedburner-feed-hijacking
Exploit
blogsecurity.net / wordpress/feedsmith-feedburner-vulnerability-fixed
blogs.feedburner.com / feedburner/archives/2007/10/the_feedsmith_plugin_newly_for.php
marc.info
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/27055
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36940
exploit-db.com / exploits/30637
securityfocus.com / bid/25921